nbc's stephanie gosk has the story. >> jacob, i'm so sorry, it's incredibly painful to know his last days. >> reporter: today after 27 years, patty wetterling finally learned what happened disappeared when he was just 11 years old. leaving their small town in minnesota shell shocked and the country horrified. >> just one more day of agony. >> reporter: danny heinrich destroibed in detail how he sexually abused the young boy. heinrich told the judge, i was driving on a dead end road, i noticed two boys with >> he told us to put our bikes in the ditch and lay down. >> reporter: heinrich said he drove away from jacob, hand cuffing him. jacob asking what did i do wrong? investigators did question heinrich at the time, but there was never an arrest. it would take nearly three decades for a heinrich's dna found on another victim. >> after almost 27 years, dany heinrich was ready to talk and we had to grab the moment. >> reporter: the 53-year-old told police where he buried jacob's body in exchange for not being charged with the murder. heinrich faces 20 more year in prison. alive until we

nbc's stephanie gosk has more. bridgegate lasted four painful days in 2013, causing massive traffic jams for cars, emergency vehicles, and school buses on the george washington bridge. >> no cars are really coming our way. >> reporter: today in a federal courthouse, prosecutors said a former port authority official told new jersey governor chris christie two days into the crisis that it was no accident. state officials allegedly closed lanes to the bridge to punish a local mayor who didn't endorse christie's re-election david wildstein, who was appointed to the port authority by christie testified that he and his boss, bill baroni, met with the governor at this 9/11 memorial service. according to wildstein, baroni told christie, governor, there's a tremendous amount of traffic in ft. lee. please know mayor sokolich is frustrated. wildstein told the court the governor laughed when he heard the news. today christie once again denied being involved. >> i had no role in authorizing it. i had no knowledge of it. evidenc

nbc stephanie gosk has the story. >> jacob, i'm so sorry. it's incredibly painful to know his patty finally learned what happened to jacob, 27 years ago, leaving the country shell-shocked. >>. >> this is one more day of agony for population 3200 in minnesota. >>>. >> reporter: he described in detail how he says he kidnapped and sexually abused the young boy. according to reporters in court, he told the judge i was driing on a dead-end road. i noticed three children o flashlight. at the time, jacob's brother described how the two of them and a friend were held at gun point. >> he told us to put our bikes in the ditch land in down. >> reporter: he said he drove away with jacob, handcuffing him. the boy asked, what did i do wrong? he told the court he sexually abused jacob and shot him at the edge of the woods. the deputies did question him at the time but there was decades. heinrich's dna discovered on the sweatshirt of another victim around the same time. police searched his home leading to charges of pornography charges. >> after almost 27 y

nbc's stephanie gosk has the story. >> jacob, i'm so sorry, it's incredibly painful to know his last days. >> reporter: today after 27 years, patty learned what happened to her son, jacob, who disappeared when he was just 11 years old. leaving their small town in minnesota shell shocked and the country horrified. >> just one more day of agony. >> reporter: danny heinrich destroibed in detail how he sexually abused the young boy. heinrich told the judge, i was driving on a dead noticed two boys with a flashlight. >> he told us to put our bikes in the ditch and lay down. >> reporter: heinrich said he drove away from jacob, hashnd cuffing him. jacob asking what did i do wrong? investigators did question heinrich at the time, but there was never an arrest. it would take nearly three decades for a heinrich's dna found on another victim. >> after almost 27 years, dany heinrich was ready to talk and we had to grab the moment. >> reporter: the 53-year-old told police where he buried jacob's body in exchange for not being charged with the murder. heinrich faces 20 more year in prison. >> for

stephanie gosk, nbc news, east chicago, indiana. >>> up next, why the pope offered his blessing today to >>> come tomorrow, she will be known as saint teresa of calcutta. that's when pope francis will canonize mother teresa, the nun who dedicated her life to the poor. matt bradley has more from rome where tens of thousands have >> reporter: they have come from all over the world to honor mother teresa, her compassion and good works. >> the things that she did were only little ordinary things with extraordinary love. >> reporter: mother teresa was born anjeze gonxhe bojaxihu in 1910 to albanian parents. as a young woman, she felt called to minister to the poorest of the poor in the slums of calcutta. >> there are people who have nothing, who are wanted by no one, who have become a >> reporter: in 1950, she started the missionaries of charity with only 12 members. today there are more than 4,500 sisters. this morning pope francis led a prayer in st. peter's square saying tomorrow we'll have the joy of seeing her proclaimed a saint. among the ticket holders to tomorrow's canonization mas

nbc's stephanie gosk has the story. >> jacob, i'm so sorry, it's incredibly painful to know his last days. >> reporter: today after 27 years, patty wetterling finally learned what happened to her son, jacob, who leaving their small town in minnesota shell shocked and the rest of the country horrified. >> one more day of agony for st. joseph, minnesota, population 3,200. >> reporter: danny heinrich described in detail how he kidnapped and sexualably abused the young boy. heinrich told the judge, i was driving on a dead end road, i on their bicycles with a flashlight. jacob's brother described to us how hei heinrich. >> he told us to put our bikes in the ditch and lay down. >> reporter: heinrich said he drove away from jacob, hand cuffing him. jacob asking what did i do wrong? investigators did question heinrich at the time, but there was never an arrest. it would take nearly three decades for a discovered on the sweatshirt of another victim abducted around the same time. police searched his home, convicting him on child pornography charges. >> after almost 27 years, danny heinrich was

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stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. >>> turning now. syrian government forces teamping to take the city once and for all after a cease fair collapsed there last week. as our richard engel tells us, the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians hang in the balance. >> reporter: drone footage shows what some call the hell, the once beautiful city of aleppo has become, as hard as it is to imagine, getting even worse here. a punishing air and ground offensive by the syrian regime and what's left of the city. syrian troops controlled the west of aleppo, their target is the rebel-held east, where activists say 250 to 300,000 civilians are living. at a maternity ward, some of the youngest victims. scarred and under weight. none of this was part of the plan the u.s. agreed to. just over a week ago secretary kerry and russia's foreign minister signed a deal for a ceasefire. instead, syria and surprise offensive with little regard, it seems for casualties. last week, we showed you a girl pulled from the rubble. our camera found her again at a h

our report tonight in nbc's stephanie gosk. >> former gymnast first met larry lassar after suffering a back injury. she was 15. >> he was very charismatic. >> reporter: dr. nassar practiced state university, but he was famous for being usa gymnastics team doctor. treating the highest profile team olympians. >> i was struggling between feeling like i should be grateful for seeing him, but being very confuse said because something seemed very off. >> reporter: den holdander who first went public with the indianapolis star alleges he sexually abused her. predator. >> reporter: this attorney represents a bronze medal winner from the sydney games. in a lawsuit filed in california, the gymnast alleges that during exams, nassar would digitally penetrate her, in order to adjust the bones in her hips. performing the procedure without gloves and/or a chaperone, and it was done for nassar's own sexual gratification. the alleged incident sometimes took place when the team was on the road, including a trip to china, outside adults. manly said he now has 12 clients. >> the idea that you would put

aware of lane closures in 2013 that lane closures in 2013 that led to a massive traffic jam.as stephanie gosk reports-- now federal prosecutors say, despite his denials, he knew what was going on. two days into lane closures on the george lane closures two days into lane closures on the george washington bridge, with cars, emergency vehicles and school busses stuck in massive traffic jams...new jersey governor chris christie spoke former port authority officials...david wildstein and bill baroni...at this 2013 - 9/11 memorial service.in a federal courthouse, wildstein testified tuesday that during that conversation his boss baroni told christiegovernor there is a tremendous amount of traffic in fort lee, please know mayor sokolich is frustrateda democrat, mayor sokolich did not endorse christie for governor... according to the testimony, the governor sarcastically replied...using wildstein's online pen mr. edge would not be involved in anything political.governor christie has repeatedly denied any involvement or knowledge in what would soon be called "bridgegate"... once again this week, the

as stephanie gosk explains. their own families into service. >> reporter: the country wouldn't be the same but on the anniversary we are reminded that for thousands the national tragedy was also a personal one. their lives wouldn't be the same, either. nypd offer years old at the time, a sixth grader. you didn't necessarily want to be a police officer. >> i wanted to grow up and play baseball, you know. >> like any teenager. >> exactly. >> that changed when his beloved ankle, george leehy who used to dress up to scare kids on halloween ran into tower one. >> tell the boys i'm fine, everything is okay. >> not far away george howard who actually had the day off ran in to help. his son christopher was 18 years old. >> i went to my grandmother's house around 2:30 and she said we can't find him. >> howard and leehy were two of new york city's first responders to die that day, 23 from the police department, 337 from the port from the fire department. >> everyone went there that day with the idea they would get everyon

never do anything that tarnishes his name. >> and stephanie gosk joins me now, live. good morning. good to see you. >> good morning. >> there's the biological family. they look up to the hero, fathers and uncle and the larger families of cops and firefighters that all l >> they talk about it a lot. that support system from the department and the friends and the colleagues was so important to them in their lives as kids and continues to guide them today. >> since they lost all the guys, there's been a lot more loss for the fdny and nypd to people who breathe things in at that site, they're losing as many people today as then. >> those guys went and stayed there. in a lot of cases they were recovering their colleagues and there for weeks. and now they are suffering the health effects from it. by very, very conservative efforts more than a thousand people who worked in the debris field has die and the number is much higher than that. on top of that, you have the illnesses, 12% of the first responders developed asthma in the five years after that. >> and they'll be covered until 2090 i

stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. >>> in chicago, tonight, a tragic milestone as that city has reached 500 homicide so far this year, that more than all of last year, in fact august was chicago's deadliest month in two decades, far outpaced than larger violent crime has fallen in other parts of the country in the mast two decades. >> reporter: even for a city sadly accustomed to violence, the bloodshed was staggering. shooting after shooting, mostly on chicago's south and west side. 31 people shot since monday morning, 13 killed over labor day weekend. >> like any family, they manic and grab chair children. milestone, the 500 homicides are morning new york and los angeles combined. crime rates are lower than they were 25 years ago, so why is chicago different? poor and segregated neighborhoods prone to gang violence. and repeat offenders who lack sentencing. the penalty for having an illegal gun in chicago is one year, while in three years. well known activist father michael sleigher says that chicago is a war zone that needs federal help. >> call for a state of emergency and get some

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nbc's stephanie gosk has more. >> reporter: the day left an indelible mark.t be the same. but on the anniversary, we are reminded that for thousands, the national tragedy was also a personal one. their lives wouldn't be the same either. nypd officer joe was just 12 years old at the time, a sixth grader. >> you didn't necessarily bapts to want to be a police officer. >> i wanted to play baseball. >> reporter: his family minimum ran into tower one. >> he left a message for his son, tell the boys i'm fine. everything's okay. i'm just here working in the world trade center, two planes hit the building, i should be out shortly. >> reporter: not far away, george howard who actually had the day off ran in to help. his son christopher was 18 years old. >> i went to my grandmother's house around 2:30, and she said your dad, we can't find him. no one can get in touch with him. >> reporter: howard and leahy were two of the first responders to die that day, 23 from the police department, 37 from the port authority police and 343 from the fire department. >> everybody wen

nbc's stephanie gosk has the latest on this. hi, steph, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. the george washington bridge is the busiest in the world, so 2013, this place was a nightmare. when people realized that it had been done deliberately as a form of kind of political revenge, there was an uproar. now federal prosecutors say that governor chris christie, despite his denials, knew what was going on. two days into the 2013 lane closures on the george washington bridge with cars, emergency vehicles and school buses stuck in massive traffic jams, new jersey governor chris christie spoke with two port authority officials, david wildstein and bill baroni at that year's 9/11 memorial service. in a federal courthouse on tuesday, wildstein testified that during that conversation, his boss, baroni, told christie, governor, there is a tremendous amount of traffic in ft. lee. please know mayor sokolich is frustrated. a democrat, he did not endorse christie for governor. the governor sarcastically online pen name. well, i